REGINA -- The Saskatchewan Roughriders welcome back a couple familiar faces who haven’t played on a CFL field in quite some time when the team faces the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday at Mosaic Stadium.
One a complete surprise, and one as expected.
Canadian receiver Ajou Ajou makes his 2025 CFL season debut after returning to the team this week from Indianapolis Colts training camp and standout return specialist Mario Alford is back in action after missing the last six games.
Ajou was officially signed by the team on Thursday and showed enough in practice on Friday to be added to the line-up. He jumps in at slotback and backs up Canadian Tommy Nield. Alford hasn’t played since Week 6 when he suffered a hip injury during the Riders loss to the Calgary Stampeders. At that time, he was le